The Sun. — London, England, 1808-07-18 00:00:00

f :C, 11, Ile movement. The Supreme Council of Seville. v ere indefatigable in their exertions not• only for 'he prote&ion of the Country, but to commu nicate the important events which have taken place to the distant Dependencies of the Spanish Crown. For this purpose the Cornelia Frigate was immedi ately to be dispatched for South America and in ( )rder to excite the confidence of the inhabitants, and prote& the vessel on its passage from our ships, a British Captain and Lieutenant were stationed on t , board of her. The Spanish Squadron at Port Ma- i l . 1011 , Minorca, had been ordered'to proceed for. Car. ..., t hilgena. - The enthusiasm of the Spaniards was generally active, and the women, in order to give their Countrymen an opportunity of joining the P atriotic Bands, have determined to get in the harvest themselves. But female patriotism appears in a still more heroic form, for about an hundred had disguised' themselves in martial attire, and endea -1 voured to join the National Troops, but their sex was discovered, and their zeal employed in providing eve ry thing necessary for the service 'of their Country. The H a n n ib a l, one o f th e French men of War, it is Said, was, as soon as it was ready, to be sent with Dis patches for Vera Cruz. An adjudicaton of the Prizes Iv Asipeidily to - take place, under Com Missione rs *lmlia-dbeen specially appointed for that purpose'. The national cockade was zealously adopted ,by all ranki of the people. It is, as we before mentioned, of a deep red colonr, of a circular form, and with appropriate inscriptions; but the chief is a V. for Piva, and P. for their 'new Monarch FERDINAND. • As we expe&ed, the foreign troops who have been taken into the French service, are disgusted with th e odious enterprize in which they are employed I , against Spain, and desert as fast as possible, in order to stlpport those whom they were sent to subdue, and two regiments of Swiss in particular had e scaped frOrn Madrid, and ardently joined the Patriotic Bands. and the The Maghifi • ce . nt, 74, the Sultans ~ Excellent, of the same force, had been sent by Lord COLLINGWOOD to join Admiral Titor&- 13ROU.Gli; off Toulon, on the 17th alt. The Ocean (Flag -ship); the Atlas, Admiral PURVIS, Bulwark, Paine, Repulse, Terrible, and Alceste Frigate, re mained with his Lordship. The IFindsoi Cdstle, orthumberland, Zealous, Antelope, .Mercury, and were Sabri na, off Ayamonte, and every possible as.- sistance that the Spaniards could receive from the Iritish was resolutely and unremittingly given, „in order to insure their final triumph. WE received this mornin g American Papers to the 10th ult. but they are wholly barren of ;mei& Vance. The Eledions in general are favourable to the Federal Party. The following article spews that the President is still hostile to this Country and its interests: it NEW YORK, JUNE We are informed tha t'on Monday last, the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia received an answer from the Pesident of the I.Tilited States, to their application for per- Inission to export provisions to one of the British . West India Islands. As the subject is interesting, it is expeaed that the address to, and the answer from, the President, will bOth be published.. We shall at present only state, that the permission to export has been decidedly refused, "--Dern. Press." An account has been received that the ' Ships S triatham,Lady,Jane Dundas,J:dne Duchess of Gor d°n, Bengal, and Earl St: Vincent, with the Extra 8111 14 - Ila.riet, lluddart, and Indus, out ward-hound ; ed at Madeira the 30th of May, and were to sail front thence the Ist of June. , • ester* morninghis MAJESTY, Princesses Au 'TA;MARY, aneSOPHIA,, 'accompanied by Lord .NztEavitr.F., Lady THYNNE Generals CART *WRIGHT and FITZROY, and Major PRICE, rode to St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and heard a sermon by th e Rev. .Mr. NORTHEY, from St. Paul's Epistle to the Phillippians, 2d chap. and 12th verse : bli !` Work. out your own sal vat i on w i th fear and trem orn . " - After which his MAJESTY, Brc. stopped to hear Mr. WESTLEY pla f d - y a ugue gt and vo luntary upon the organ, in which he so eminently excels. • On Saturday evening their MAJESTIIiS, the PRI NCIISSE3, the Dukes of YORK, KENT, and CAMBRIDGE 'Walked on-Windsor Terrace. Th e POPE continued at Rome early, in the last in "th, when he wasoccupied in th e b ea tifi cat i on ;)p: three female Saints of the itith century. Buo c,„4"1 it is said h as i n compliment to the inter -154"3/1 of R uss i a an d Austria, With a consented that his Ho- In ess shall remai n in the Vatican as Bishop of B O X C.! tevenu e of 3,000,000 of florins. The army of General AUGERBAU has been dis solved, and marched in detached parties from Ger many to Spain, 'The Polish army, under the Prince PONIATOWSXY, has received the same route; and the, pref e et s of the departments have 'been ordered, by-every possible means, to expedite their journey. The division of DAY' -UST, ;which was intended for the InvaSion of India, has for the greater part been ordered to Spain. On Saturday the Spanish Commissioners, Admiral Don APODACA and General Dun JAcosnß, accom- Panied by Sir J. GORE, had an interview with Lord NIULGRAVE, at the Admiralty, .tad yesterday Sir J. (--;olia was closeted with his Lordship. Gcneral EsciiEv ARIAS who commanded the Spa- Patrioti in their first action with DUPONT, is 4ated to have been arrested as a traitor in purKianee 01 au order ArLitn the Junta of Seville. t• SECOND EDITION. A Letter from Palermo, dated.l4ay 31, s j ays..— ‘.! You were informed in my, last letter of the loss of ,Scylla and Reggio.,. This, however, is of.little con ,setinen ce, as the masse in Calabria have since that.'pe, nod had continual skirmishes; Nvith : the .French in every quarter ,of both Calabrias. A feW days ego intelligence was received that the 'Calabrese masse had landed on the shore 'of Gijoa, after taking pos session of the little fort, and killing all the garrison. They afterwards marched to the Woods of Rosarna, where the French and Neapolitan force attacked them. The action was bloody, and lasted for seve ral hours, but terminated, to the advantage of the masse; many hundreds of the French and Neapoli tans, were' killed, and many of them taken prison, ers- 7 amongst whom, it is : reported, is tlfe, Prince STROt4GOLI PIGNATELLI. It is clearly ~ ,ascertained that the French have concentred ithernselves 'in Reggio, Scylla, 'and •Menteleon, and are beaten by the masse in every encqltiter. At Cosenza, bott those who have been hitherto French partizans, and the masse, have revolted. 'his compelled the French to quit their, head-quarters, and burnt the hospital with. 200 wounded French. The French partizans in general are believed, in consequence of the cruel ties and ill-usage they have received from the . French, to haVe repented, and to be disposed to make common cause with the Royalists. Should this be the case, the Kif'gdotn of Naples, together - with the Capital, must revert to its legitimate master. The masse in the Abruzzo are very near Venasco, which is not more then 4 . 0 miles from Naples. Not a month elapses but they intercept the French Mails and Dispatches froM and to Naples, which they bring to Palermo. Ttipy lately intercepted a Mail, and killed four French ,Dragoons who escorted it, together with the COuriei, ~it is scarcely possible to express The fear which the wench in both Calabrias are aduated by at this moment ; suffice it to say, that no one is allowed to be out of his house after nine o'clock at night, under pain of death. No one is, allowed to go to Church except on Sunday. Only one mass is allowed - to be Celebrated at a time, and then only in the presence of a sentinel, for fear the inhabitants should converse together. In the same manner they are prevented, as far as possible, from conversing; together at home. The Cathedral alone - is allowed to be opened on Sunday, the other Churches are shut. . It remains to be seen whether the Calabrese will suffer such a Government to ex ist. By the news brought from Naples, it is known that great want and misery prevail there.-a• The population are in despair, and are ready to re volt ; but they are not yet quite ripe for it, because out ing does not wish them to carry it into prac tice at present. The poor people therefore sutfer,, ih the.hope that the King will at length send them succours, to enable them to carry such a project into effect. I doubt, however, whether the Neapo litans will any longer bear their sufferings. JOSitPli BLIONAPARTE has issued a Proclamation, stating, that lie had been obliged to accompany,his Wife to Milan for the benefit of her health, the air of Na ples not agreeing with her ; and therefore recom mending to his faithful subje& - s the defence of his States : (such is the languag e of an infamous. Usurper.) At the same time, however, the gens d'arrnes who were established by the French Govern ment have been disarmed. Every body is required, under the penalty of death, to protide themselves with a card of safety, at an expence, per month, of ten carlions (about 3s. 6tl. sterling) fOrevery housekeeper; 75 granos (about 2c 8.l.) for every One of the family ; and e 5 granos for every servant. You have here the deplorable state of the unfortu nate Kingdom of Naples, after two years and a half of French Government. God preserve this poor Kingdom_ from the effeas of the despair of the people! The French themselves openly •declarei that they are perfe&ly aware they cannot stay, the inhabitants themselves being a set of Brigands never to be tanned, even if the whole French force Was to be colleted there.. Every day therefore , of their 'stay seems to them a day too long. I trust in Divine Mercy for compassion on the people, and hope.those who now govern ifs will. soon be thoroughly con vinced that it would be much better to be tranquil in their own Country, than govern under the in fluence of so much fear,' where they are so much hated:, SUN-OFFICE. WALT-PAST TWO O'CLOCK. The following Bulletins were issued this day from d -1 1- r ASTLER44OII' s Office. " Downing-street, July 18, 1808. " Letters have been received at this Office from Major-General SPENCER, off Ayamonte, dated the f 25tb,and 6th of June. The Major-General vas on his return to Cadiz from off 'the Southern Coast of Portugal, where he left the 'Portuguese Flag fly- Lug along the whole extent of Coast of the ProNince of Algarve, :Q A, all the Forts and Batteries. ," The Spanish Frontier on the iide . of Ayamonte iad 7 remained perfeEtly secure since. the British • Force had approached that Cciast ; and the di...Ach- ments of the Enemy's Farce, which, on General SPENCER'S arrival, had retired.to Villa Real, aid Castro Marin, have since surrendered themselves, with the above-mentioned places, to' the :Portuguese Troops?' " Downing-itreet,July 18, 1808. " Advices from Lord COLLINGWOOD, of the 26th June, state, that accounts had been.received that General DUPONT was in great distress, surrounded on 3 all sidei, and disappointed of the reinforcements heexpeaed. " On the 16th he retired six leagues behind Cor- Bova, and the Spanish Army advanced. Intelligence had arrived that DUPONT had PROPOSED TO CAPITULATE, if allowed to pass into France un- molested ; but nothing short of unconditional sur- render would be accepted. Dupo/;ri bad retired to Andugar. CASTANOS'i Out pats were at Aldia de Rio, within two miles of the . Eriert•'s rear. The whole _regular force under CASTANOS, amounted to 21,000 Infantry, 2,500 Cavalry, and a fortilidable train of Artillery." NAVAL NEWS. From the LONDON Gt.ZETTE, 3'illy i 6. , • - Admiralty-Office, July 1 . 6, 1808 . COfiy of a . Letter from Captain John Duer, of His Majesty's Ship the Aurora, to the iron. IV 1 Pule, dated on board that Ship,. Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes,the 2d June, 1808. I beg leave to' repreSent to you, for the inforini lion of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that on - my passage to the West Indies in . His 'Ma jesty's Ship Aurora under my command, with a convoy, on the egth ult . . I fell in with and captured, after a chace of four hours, the French Schooner Privateer Le Vengeance, pierced for 14 guns, but mounting eight g-pbuuders and one long 12-pounder on a pivot, with 86 men ; four .of the g-pounders she threw overboard in the chace. She bad been out twenty-Six days from Pointa-Petre, GuaclalOupe, but had made no capture. . It appears she was His Majesty's late Schooner the Tobago. I have the Honour to be, &c. JOHN DLTEit. PLYMOUTH, JULY 16.--Arrived the • Orestes Sloop of War, from the Mediterranean. She, touch ed at Lisbon on the 30th ult. where she learnt that every thing was going on faVoUrably on the part of the Spanish and, Portuguese Patriots. The latter were anxiously expeaing the arrival of naval and mi litary aid -from this country, in order to compel the Russian Fleet in the Tagus, 3 and the French Force under JVNOT; to sn?render. DOVER, JULY W.—The Expedition under the command of Sir, JoHN MooRE, arrived in the Roads this morning from Gottenburgh ; but it being a calm, it has come to an anchor. There are about 135 Sail of transports, under convbY of the Audd cious. The -43 d Regiment came, in .to-day from Hythe, and march to-morrow for Ramsgate. JULY . 17.--The:Expedition still remains in sight to the Westward, the wind being unfavourable. The 97th Regiment marched in this afternoon, from Brabourn Lees, and proceed to-morrow to Ramsgate for embarleatiOn. . Letters, dated the 26th ult. have been received by the Brothels, IsAAds; arrived at Plymouth from Oporto: They mate that the French troops which bad approached Oporto, under General LEIS ON, fell back on the advance . of the Patriotic 'Army, and it was understoed had reached Ciombro, in the hope Of effeaing'a junction with the main body at Lis bon: A Letter dated the 25th, contains the follow ing particulars, !---,. ' . . " Louts D'OLit'EtaA is a prisoner, and it is generally supposed he, as well as several ‘others in clined to the French interest, will be executed in a day or two on the' Rope Walk. It is impossible for me to relate to you the fransaainns that have taken place in the course of these three or four days. In all this hurry and Confusion, I, am' sure there has not been more than two or three lives loit. The Portuguese Ship, Cif!! q f Oporto, is moored close to the bridge, mounted with heavy gnus. No French have 'vet made their appearance, and I can assure you as a faa, we had, two days ago, when the alarm bells rang, in this - city and neighbourhood, not less than 70,000 men under arms. We are all soldiers here to a man. I. kept watch to the great guns last night, at the entrance of the bridge, and it is the true, and., sincere with of every one that this cotintry .may be restored to its former Government." OLD BAILEY.-011 SatOrdAy . 14 . rcisohert) were . tried, two of whom were capitally Convkled, viz. Joseph West, for a burglary in the dwelling-house SANLiGATE, JULY 17, FOUR O'CLOCK, 'P. M.—' of John ' Hanson, and stealing. four . table=spoons, More than 100 Sail of Transports, having on board three table-cloths, and other articles, his 'property'; Gottenburgh, are now on their.way thiTroops from and a . pair of sugar-tongs, 'a table-Spoon , and other articles, of • Charles Clapham. Donald Robinson ~ to the Westward. Such appeared to be the urgency of for stealing seven 11. bank notes of John Brickon the service they 'are destined for, that notWithitand they did not put back t shear, privily from his. person. 1 , ~ , ~ 4 ing the wind was contrary, tight were convicted of .felony, viz. Thomas the Downs, but remained all night at anchor be- Richardson, James Kieff,°Ann Fiulaud, James.Hen 7 - tween Folkstone and the South Foreland ; and the ° Cripps„ Catharine Perry, Saniuel, Feary, Daniel moment the tide served thi s morning they Icy, ,and Win. Taylor ; and tour were acquitted. : again under way; the headmost Ships are now: nem; ‘ ,.,, 1 :, on:S-Excn A . NGF, JULY 18.—T6(,1:e are large Op- C : plies of W.lie•it arrived to-day, and sales very . heavy, at - a redniction in price of about 3 and 4s. per quar to Dungeness, and' the rear are at this mommt '.,ter; . very litttle Barley, Malt, or White Pease, eadh Pac i l a 'n r ., t g o b t y t . he German ~ . , -of' which are higher'i Grey,,and Beans of both sorts, Le,;ion passed Ihvough title are dearer i Oats are in consider:lWe supply, but of the 43dMarcl'iedon the same ser t v i i ) c t' e ; ..k. e t st!e ') ;Cla t-)" ' early, .011 their way, to Ittinsg a ie ; - t il h e t ar d ly e , ir: s l a d st e w an e s e e k s . a further advaireei and Flour . •• • LAXkkpORT. , . C911,1 , t7.120)C1NG!s BENCH . , (tux t 6. , SITTINGS 130PQR1 LORD :ELLiNDORODGII AND A srzciitt JURY. . 1, - MUM.: CON.- .• • . vtaex.ea, eta. v.. READER, ESA. This *Man, ;talon ittpUting to the Defendant a criminal itatereenrse with the Plaintiff's wife.—The dareagea were laid at 20,000 i. , Mr..Gialkow said, he was never called upon" to • exercise hit professional duties under circumstance 4 of greater pain Atld anxiety. The Defieidani was,a Gentleman belonging to the same profession P i him self, and with whom he had had a long intimacy and friendship. That fa&, he trusted, would not subject him to ‘ any unjust criticism; or do away the received opinion .that Advocates, :mwever painful _ the duty cast upon them, ttlways concluded thetas- selves with hotieur'and honesty towards theirelients, He had said so much, lest it should by possibility be imagined be would •dO less against the Defendant than he should against an indifferent person placed in the smile situation. The Plaintiff' was a Gentle man-of fortune, and had passed much of his time in the West Indies, where, - in the year 170, he had become enamoured of his pteSent wife, who was certainly a. feinale of Most accomplished mane ' • ners and great beauty. Shortly after his marriage he came tie England, and resided for a time in Hatton- Garden. • The Defendant at that time had been , chosen eCloneh:Commandarit of a Volunteer Corps, and the taut of the Plaintiff's having a Company in the same Corps brought the parties on a footing of ' extreme intimacy. Shortly after this the Plaintiff changed his residence, and took a. soacious house in Russell-squiare, where the Defendant appeared to have commenced a system .of intercourse so extra ordinary, that the Jury. would have to determine whether there was not something more that) friend ship M the visit's he paid. . The dtity would find Mr. Reader at the Plaintiff's' house late and early; besieging, as it were, the Perkin of Mr's. Walker, and pursuing her lils , e her Shadow ; waiting on the • - steps of the door, catching as it wee every casual . whisper, and ailing in a witty' as if he felt it sible to live . apiirt front her. Whatever way she rode out Mr. Reader was sure to be upon the road, and the coachman,-as a matter of eobtse, drew up the moment, he saw him, and took him in. On one occasion the blinds were draWn down, and in; deed a Variety of circumstances tdok'pNCe, which' it ,was impossible to reconcile in ;toy other way than by imputing a criminal intercourse between the parties. Mr. Reader would be found folloe ing Mrs, - NV. to Cheltenharri, visiting her in the atssence of her husband, sitting with her in a room with the door fastened, and the window•turteins drawn, and, in short, ceeduer;ng hiniSelf Ina way that none of the • common . purpeses of life call for. Oti one oeca sion, in towel, the Servant : went to the parlour iri which Mr Reader and MrS. Walket were sitting, to get the: newspaper, when, the then& the door fastened.. On knocking, and telling her errand, Mrs. NV. opened the door 4utfcien4 to put bet arm through and cave it. Again attlieltenhatn, the servant ob,ervect Mr. ft. coming Out of the sitting room, and obscrv,:d Mrs. dress, which wilt blaCk, marked with powder ori the shoulder, the sofa discomposed, and one • of the cushicins upon the ground. Mrs. Walker did not wear. powder, but Mr. Reader did. Such were the mat'erials he had to lay' beforethe Jary,-aodthey would decide as t o t he suspicion they ,naturally excited. It Was true, the witnesses in support a these fa&s were discarded servants, all of whom had left Mfs. Walker's vice in displeasure ; they would therefore watch theit testimony with great circurnspeaMii, and if they slidtild believe they wetb conspiring against the peke and happiness of the Plaintiff and his wife, and seeking to ruin and disgrace the Defendant; God f o stitl they sisultt succeed : on the other hand; if they should bOeve them to be the witnesses of truth, they would judge of their testiniony es man kind ingeneral would judge ; and if they thought the criminal , intercourse established, they would • say so.. The next question would theh be the amount of damageS; and he would not disgrace him= self by saying, If the criminality was .. dpparerit, that it was not an aggravated case. The Plaintiff *a& possessed of an amiable and beautiful wife; and the way the Defendant got introduced to the family Would snake his dereliCtion the more Inexcusable. - . Men' associated iii military life had generally a nice' sense of honour, and if the Defendant had abused'' } the confidenCe of the Plaintiff, and seclneed his wife, he ought to pay damages adequate to the injury he • had infitew. The Learned Munger concluded by saying, that if the Jury were satisfla?of the De s :- fendant's guilt, they would say so by their verdi&'; but on the contrary, should the evidende not esta blish the case; he for one . should he"gtfid that'his friend in the hOut of trial had not been,_ found want ing in those moral and religious dillies whichhe had hitherto considered him as possessing. The ATTORNF.Y GENERAL said, he would not give the Learned Counsel the•trouble of proving the marriage, &c, but at once admit that part of the case. .* Mr. Alexander Kay was then. called, and spoke - to the absence . of the Plaintiff in Scotland dating the summers of 1805 and 6. Mrs. • W.was pressed - to accompany her husband, but ,she dedined it. -The., Plaintiff, he said, wAs an affeelionate husband. 'Wit ness called one day to see the Plaintiff, whom ,he '• understood to be -indisposed; and was , surprised on .being told that Mr. and Mrs: Walker were both : tfrom • home: I-4s sister accompanied - him, and tthinkingthe serviint. had beeritf?ld to'cleny his master,` ' ;she said, " I am sure your master it at home, there- 1 ifor step into the parlour, while thy-brother goes up stairs." On saying this,' she opened the parlour . door, and found Mrs. Walker and Mr. Reader t 00... ther. Mrs. C. Lancaster, a LadY wh6 had resided fot . .tiome time in the Plaintiff's house in Russell-square, • ,spoke to the, almost daily visits Of the Defendant' 'when the Plaintiff was absent: That he attended : Mrs. W. and herself to the play three times that', 'Mr. Lancaster was ,alwa'ys .of the pdr.ty, and Mr.. ,Reader's son once. That after .the play the party' , :supped together. That Mrs. Readet was obliged to go to Brigioon on ,account of the sudden severe in disposition, of her daughter; and that the engage 4 talents for tile plaY were - made before Mrs. Rendef Was apprised of such indisposition ; and that Mrs,. Reader was to have' been one of the party. That Mr. Reader and 'cis on enother evening _supped at Mrs. NValker's, and Mr. iftradir reaa to them . 'a nvel called " Elermsprong, or Man as 1 - . e is not." `.f t